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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

It pays to be a successful explorer. An
offer of $4,000 has been made to Stan
ley to write book when he comes home
describing his latest travels. Probably
no English platform speaker can make
more money than Stanley in the Ameri-
can lecture field. II. H. Johnston, the
explorer of Kilmanjaro and the upper
Congo, has just been appointed, at %
years Of age, British consul at Zanzibar,
where he gets big salary. Joseph
Thomson has made a competency out of
his books, and has been handsomely paid
besides to hunt for coal fields in the sui
tan of Zanzibar's dominions and to study
the prospects of trade for the Royal Niger
company. Burton, the discoverer Of Lake
Tanganyika, has made a comfortable for
tune by the sale of his books. Among
Prejevalsky's brilliant honors is his pro-
motion to a generalship in the Russian
army, and Greely has been advanced
from lieutenant to brigadier general and
manages the signal service bureau.-New
York SIM
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

A clergyman, who is pastor of n small
church somewhere in the outlying sec
tons of the city, went to bun one DAY
asking for a contribution for poor girl
who, he said, was sick and suffering for
the necessaries of life, She was SO desti-
tute that she had been unUule to buy
clothing for her new born baoe, and wGa
even unable to buy the medicine which %
kind hearted doctor had presc ribed. Dir
Armour gave him S25 and sent him on
his way rejoicing, but was much sur
prised few hours later wheI the clergy
man returned and handed hii. his money,
saying that he had found, IL his regret.
that the child had been born out of we'd
lock, and the case was, therefore, I'M
worthy of his charity. Mr.. Armour was
at first surprised, and then nearly lost bis
temper. He called one of h. clerks anu
told him to see that the clergyman ielt
his Office and nevGS returned. He then
sent to his own house and erected that
everything which a woman IN this poor
womans condition needed sh luld be sent
her at once and that the 81 urply should
be continued till she was abb to look on
for herself, My informant says thai
Mrs. Armour took the case in hand and
looked after il until no further assistance
was needed. Chicago Mail.
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A Group of Ashantees In Paris.

There are at present in the geological
gardens at Paris twenty genuine Ashan-
tees-twelve males and eight females.
They are negroes of the blackest dye,
well known for their ferOcity, courage
and valor. The habitat OF the Ashantees
is in the western part Of central Africa.
They are among the most beautiful vari-
etie3 Of the negro race, comparable to the
Caucasian Abyssinians. Every three
weeks, during the festivities of Adoi and
those of Jam in September, the people
commit wholesale butchery of human
beings. After the death of the late queen
mother the king had 3,NQQ men killed 80
satisfy the groanings Of his mother spirit,
During these butcheries the Ashantee
warriors drink the blood of the victims
warm as it issues from the wounds, be-
ieving that will render them strong and
brave, There is a tradition compelling
the king to maintain 3, 333 concubines in
his harem if he would make sure of the
preservation and well being of his king
dom. The royal residence is called Cou-
massie, with 2,000. to Is, 900 inhabitants.
The whole kingdom is estimated at from
1000, 900 TO 100000 Of inhabitants,
They were little known until they sus-
tanned long yer with the negro nations
living near the coasts, all o. ,.F,,'oh ~. were
conquered by the Ashantees. The greater
portion of their country is now under an
English protectorate. Chicago News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

Yokohama is the greatest commercial
port of the empire, and its importance is
increasing steadily year by year. Fine
steamers enter and leave its harbor every
day, and it is in telegraphic communica-
ton with all parts of the world. Its most
important export at the present time is
silk, the value of that sent to the United
States and Europe last year amounting to
$12, 100000 Tea comes next in order of
Importance, and almost all of it is sent
direct to San Francisco for American
consumption. That sent to the United
States last year was valued at So, 750, 900,
and the amount exported is slowly but
steadily increasing.
Of 1000 foreigners in Yokohama near
ly 600 are British subjects, 25e Ameri-
cans, 100 Germans, 100 French, and
$500 Chinese. The Chinese here are
steady, hard working and money getting,
and are counted among the most substan-
tial I,eople of the place.-Cor. Baltimore
Sim =
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

Beaufort Castle, which was recent
rented by Mr.. William X. Vanderbilt far
the shooting season, he's been leased by
him for term of five years. The lo2se
includes the adjoining forest d a salmon
stream which runs through the property.
The family expect 10 occupy the place
during the fall and early winter of each
year, and are within driving distance Of
Bel Macaan, the estate Of NJ. and Mrs.
Bradley Martin, and not very far from
the Winans estate.
The castle, which is 900 feet long and
80 feet wide, stands on a gentle cminenoo
ON the south bank Of the river Elaaly,
and is built in the Scottish bcronial style
with turrets and gables, mu ioned win
dows and many chimneys. a..d is of old
red sandstone from the Bedh.m quarry
which is near by. The house is bcaul-
fully furnished throughout with boil
modern and old furniture, and has eH-
tonsive stables and greenhouses. Tho
stables will accommodate 100 horses, and
at present Mr.. Vanderbilt has only n stud
of fifteen.
His steam yacht Alva is dockcd and
will not he afloat again until after Chris
mas, when it will lie gotten ready for the
Mediterranean.-New York journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

A young lady of Austin, who has much
time to spare and who is very skillful
with the needle and excels in all fancy
crochet work, has made unique dress.
The material is common spool thread,
white, and the entire dress is hand cro-
cheted work, beautifully flowered and
strongly made, and about 10000 yards
of thread were used in its construction.
The sleeves are crocheted in the proper
shape, and are fastened in by lock GRO
cheted stitch. Ii is very beautiful dress,
and the young lady tells us that it took
her three months to complete it.-Austin
Nev.) Reveille.
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cHlNA's GREAT WALL~A MYTH.
Surprising Statements Made by a French
NyissionarY-Origin of the Idea.


Missionary-Origin of the Idea.
Able Larrieu, formerly a missionary
in China, has published a pamphlet Paris,
demonstrate that this structure does not
exist and has never existed. The popu.
lar belief is that this wall stretches for
about 800 leagues across China, from the
sea to the province of Kan-Su, that it is
wholly constructed of cut stone, and 30
cubits high by 12 broad. 1t is believed
to run straight on regardless Of obstacles,
going down valleys and up mountains,l
without break, except such as time has
made, along its whole course. This no.
ton originated with Jesuit named Mar
TIM, who visited China about 1850, and
his description was followed by subse-
quent writers.
NJ. Larrieu has lived for several years
under what would have been the shadow
of the Great Wall had there been one; he
has studied the writings of recent writers
especially Able ffuc-who have crossed
the line of the alleged wall in various
places; he has likewise studied the
Chinese history of the subject, and his
conclusions are as follows: "a The term
misunderstanding, and it comes from
the Chinese expression, "the wall of
the ten thousand H." (2) as described
by Martini and other writers who
have copied him, this wall does not
and never did exist; (3) a Chinese
emperor undoubtedly did conceive
the idea Of great wall from the Gulf of
Liao-Long on the east to Kan-Su on the
west, and this, though never realized,
had beginning; (4 all along the pro-
posed line of the wall square towers of
earth, or of earth faced with brick, were
constructed at considerable distances from
together by any wall as was originally
intended.
In some of the defiles along the route
there are walls, but these were intended
to close these particular passages, or they
are merely the walls of villages, and are
not parts of larger scheme. Hence the
only part of the scheme of the Great
Wall carried out was the construction Of
these scattered towers; the rest never
went beyond the brain that conceived it.;
it was never more than fancy, and it is
now myth. This huge Chinese wall,
says Able Larrieu, is a huge Chinese lie,
and as for the million soldiers which were
said to guard it night and day, they are
myths likewise. The alleged Great Wall
! is a favorite excursion for Europeans
visiting Pekin, and such a question as
whether it exists at all or not should be
an easy one to settle definitely. y.-London
| Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

Westminster school retains its usage of
tossing the pancake" a ceremony performed
before the whole school Of masters and boys
by the cook, who essays to toss the pancake
across the bar which divides the upper from
the lower school; if he succeed, the dean of
Westminster is bound by charter to present
him with guinea, which honorarium is also
due to the boy who catches the pancake, and
succeeds in carrying it oil, unbroken, to the
deanery. And though this may appear i'm
possible TO the uninitiated, having regard to
the himsy character of the ordinary pan
cake, it must be remembered that the West
minister pancake is about half an inch thick
and about six inches in diameter, and, more
over, is made of flour and water only, and
left to harden for week; thus it offers some
resistance to the struggling hands of the
boys. On the other hand, the cook, if he
fail to toss the pancake over the bar is pun
ished for his awkwardness by being "booked, /"
that is, pelted with books. 1t is said that a
master of Westminster, himself an old scholar,
still preserves, under glass case, the valu-
able relic gained by himself some years ago.
Home Journal
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

God puts on the banqueting table of
Mercy, at which we are all invited to
sit. was reading of boy among the
dangerous place with his father and the
guides. The boy stopped on the edge of
the cliff and said: "There is flower ]
mean to get. :" Come away from there"
said the father; 'you will fail Off"
''No, said he, 81 must get that beauti-
full fiower,'' and the guides rushed to-
ward him to pull him back, when they
heard him say, Il almost have it, as he
fell 2,000 feet. Birds Of prey were seen
a few days after circling through the air
and lowering gradually to the place
where the corpse lay Why seek flowers
off the edge of a precipice when you may
walk knee deep amid the full blooms Of
the very paradise of God? When man
may sit at kings banquet why will he
go down the steps and contend for the
grlstle and bones of a hounds kennel?
''Sweeter than honey and the honey
comb, says David, sis the truth Of Cod
with honey out Of the rock would I
have satisfied tlIee," says God to the re-
creant. Here is honey gathered from the
blossoms of trees of life, and with rod
made out of the wood Of the cross dip
it up for all your souls.
The poet Hesiol tells of an ambrosia
and nectar, the drinking of which
would make men live forever,
and one sip of this honey from the
Eternal Rock will give you immortal life
with God. Come off Of the maIarial
levels of sinful life. Come and live on
the uplands of grace where the vineyards
sun themselves. Oh, taste and see that
the Lord is gracious. Be happy now and
happy forever. For those who take a
different course the honey will turn to
gall. For many things have admired
Percy Shelley, the great English poet,
but I deplore the fact that it was a great
sweetness to him to dishonor God. The
poem ''Queen Mab'' has in it the malign-
ing of the Deity. The infdel poet was
impious enough to ask for Rowland Hills
Surrey chapel, that he might denounce
the Christian religion. He was in great
glee against God and the truth. But he
visited Italy, and one day on the Mediter
ranean with two friends, in boat which
was twenty-four feet long, he was COM
ing toward shore, when an hours squall
struck the water. A gentleman stand
ing on shore, through glass, saw many
boats tossed in this squall, but all outrode
the terror except this one, that in which
Shelley, the infdel poet and his two
friends were sailing. That never canse
ashore, but the bodies of two of the oc-
cupants were washed upon the beach, one
of them the poet, A funeral pyre was
built on the sea shore by some classic
friends, and the two bodies were con-
sumed. Poor Shelley! He would have
no God while he lived, and he probably
had no God when he died: :eThe Lord
knoweth the way of the righteous, but
the way of the ungodly shall perish.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20
Paying His Own Way.

One of the boys at the Bryan, Tex,
agricultural and mechanical college has
been paying his own way by working on
a farm. A few weeks ago he found that
he must abandon his studies for time or
run in debt. Some of the other boys
learned of the situation, put their heads
and pocketbooks together, raised 500
and loaned it to him for six years without
interest They also voted that the money,
when repaid, should be left with the
treasurer of the college as a permanent
loaning fund for use in similar cases.
Cleveland Leader.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

Under the Bertillon system the idcnH-
fication of a prisoner depends cna bnowl-
edge of the following indications:
!. The length and width o, the head.
2. The length of the left middle and
little fingers,
3. The length Of the left FOOT.
4. The length of the left forearm.
8. The length of the right car.
@. The height of the figure.
Z. The measurement Of the outstretchel
arms.
8. The measurement of the trunk from
the top of the head to the bench, when q
person is seated.
To these measurements must be added
the description of the scare and peculiar
marks that almost every person exhibil5;
the notation of the color of the hair,
beard and eyes; the shape and size of tho
nose and profile and front view photo
graphs of the face. A description en-
bracing all these details is next to il.
fallible.-New York Mail and Express.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20
Suurious Archaeological Article s.

A regular gang of manufacturers of
spurious archaeological articles has re-
Gently been convicted in the Canton Of
Neufchatel, whose scholars had long
complained of the frauds practiced on
hunters for relics of pile dwellings. One
of the accused had invented the "horn
age for the benefit of an enthusiastic an
tiquarian, and dug out for him number
of skillfully prepared articles of horn.
Another fraud consisted of forging tho
signature of the curator of She Archao-
logical Museum of Neufchatel, and testi-
flying thereby to the genuineness of a
shield. The forgers were sentenced to
terms of imprisonment varying from two
days to half year.-Home journal.
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The American expedition which went

The American expedition which went
to Toxic. Japan, to observe the solar
eclipse which took place ON Saturday ap-
pears to have had reasonable measure
of success, although the weather was
somewhat cloudy and unfavorable. Fif-
teen excellent photographs were obtained,
ten before and five after totality, but
during the period of totality the sun was
unfortunately obscured SO that no photo
graph of the corona could be had. After
going so far to make the observations this
was unfortunate, but it is understood that
sufficient data have been secured to in-
sure the success of the main object Of
he expedition.-The Epoch.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20
A. Mistake in MARRYING,

The Hungarians employed in the iron works
at Bethlehem, Pa, by their queer language
frequently cause trouble, and many serious
mistakes are made by them, as well as by
those with whom they transact business,
Their latest error was rather amusing. A
couple of that nationality desiring to be mar
ried called on justice of the peace and took
along Hungarian couple to act as witnesses.
The strange names confused the well mean
ing justice, and instead Of marrying the first
mentioned couple he united the witnesses ''for
better or for worse" Some time afterward,
news of his mistake having reached him, he
sent word to both the couples to come before
him again. When they appeared he divorced
the couple he had already married and then
joined the right couple. He then wound III
the complication Of the ceremonies by sendino
in a bill for two marriages and one divorce.
Chicago Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

The murder of the old medicine man, Tom,
at an Indian funeral in Washington territory
a short time ago, has been settled to the com
p'Ate satisfaction of the tribe TOMS son.
gfmmox, who has lately been pardoned out
of the penitentiary, where he was sent for
helping to murder trapper named Mulher-
rin some three years ago, took 500 from
Bob, the murderer, as full satisfaction for the
loss of bis father. This he considered the full
value Of the old man. Timmox said if his
father had fingered he should have charged
more: but as his death was sudden and put
him in immediate possession of the old mans
band of horses, 500 was enough. The only
thing that Timmox Is sorry for is that he has
not more ancestors whom he could dispose of
at the same rate. So far nothing has been
heard of the territorial officers taking any
action In the matter.-San Francisco Chron-
irle
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20
A Very Remarkable Bouquet.


A Washington negro Of an inventive turn
Of mind has invented porter's velocipede-a
sort of quadricycle carryall. 1t is about half
the size of a street car, with room for four
"fares" and a trunk besides the locomotor,
who sits somewhere near the center and
plunges away at the pedals, which turn the
hind wheels. So far he has ventured out
with his great invention only after night, but
he hopes to be ready to come out in the broad
glare of day and pour his devoted perspira-
tion over the streets of the national capital
before the July sun shall celebrate the glori-
GUS Fourth,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

David EIcGranahan, of Yellowstone,
Wis, while making fence was bitten
On the finger by ratolesnake. He had
q hatchet in his hand at the time, and
with one Blow he anputssted his finger
and then cut up the snake, which was a
large one with eleven rattles.
A Buffalo inventor viii soon make a
public test Of aa odd locking street
8weeper on which he has been at work
for u year. Il ID intended to clean the
streets without sprin,sling them. 1t is
covered With canvas, worked by steam,
and IS a very imposing structure.
Two old settlers the other day wero
talking OF the length of time they had
been in Pine Bluff, Ark. The Hon. J.
NJ. Hudson said be had been on his place
ct Locust cottage long enough to see q
white mulberry tree, which he had
planted with his own hands, grow to the
thickness Of three feet. Judge Bocage
referred to the giant oak he planted,
which had grown to three feet in diam
eter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

The handsomest man connected with the
American press is a woman, Mrs. Frank Les
lie. She is soon going to Europe, and ought
to come back with male attachment in the
shape of husband. If she does, every able
bodied American bachelor ought to hide his
head in shame. This elegant little woman
has turned the cold shoulder to number of
titled foreigners and has given her own coun.
trymen plenty of chance to show whether
they could win her on their own merits but
none seem to have had the winning qualities
The Times would awfully hate to see some
'blarsted furriner" carry OFF so desirable a
matrimonial prize.-Buffalo Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

The other day the overseers of the poor in
Red Bank township sold off their paupers.
This is a public sale for the keeping Of a
pauper, and the lowest bidder gets the pauper.
The unfortunate people are placed on exhi-
bition after the manner of the old slave
market, and the greedy bidder looks them
over, examines the muscles, health, strength,
and figures on the probable appetite and
possible ability to work. Think of it, sold at
public outcry, the keeping of human being
for 81 25 week and his labor thrown in; it's
revolving How well or how badly they are
kept report sayeth not, but the manner of
providing for their keeping shows lack of
Christian charity. y.-Kittanning Cor. Pitts
burg Commercial
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

The medical men in the United States
will soon have an opportunity to see the
celebrated DIR. Domingos Freire, and to
investigate his claims as discoveror of the
yellow fever microbe. 1t will be well to
ask the doctor for his microscopic slides,
preparations, and other proofs, and not
accept his statements as proof of the dis
covery. There are many people here,
and majority of the leading Brazilian
physicians among them, who consider
DR.. Freire's discovery a humbug.-
News.
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The PIebeian Barley Sack.

Two young ladies living near Auburn, Cal,
being Of an ingenious turn of mind, have con-
structed tasteful and stylish looking dresses
Of the plebeian barley sack. 1t took ten sacks
for each dress. The fabric is really good
imitation of the new loose mesh goods known
ss canvas cloth. th.-Chicago Herald.
The German newspapers tell their readers
that France is ordering projectiles containing
a substance which makes blood poisoning the
result of any wound received from them.
Under a new rule at the United States
penitentiary at McNeil's Island, Puget Sound,
every convict brought there has the hair on
the right side of his head shaved Off The
,+l,or ~ A 10
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20

Fifteen officers of the garrison of Gran in
Hungary were recently obliged to fight duels
with as many civilians of the town in the
course of one week. Two of them were killed,
and most Of the other fellows were badly
wounded. This very large and high toned
row was all about one lady. Women's rights
are evidently flourishing in Hungary